What does your career say about your sex life? According to mobile dating app Clover, a lot. The app analyzed "data"—what data, they don't say—from 33,000 of its U.S. users to see if users' jobs affect the relationships they seek and maintain. This graphic shows what they purport to have found:
A few friends and I, whose careers appear on this chart, have been having a few giggles over the results. Can you imagine engineers (think Big Bang Theory's Howard Joel Wolowitz, an aerospace engineer) wanting to hook up in the same way, and as often, as an actor might? Or doctors and lawyers—people with two of the most stable careers—not seeking a long-term commitment?
According to this chart, I and my fellow journalists are into casual relationships (not so much), while designers—who, if you look at this graphic, have a super-stereotypical hipster goatee going on—want a serious commitment.
Because I don't know what data the app used to gather these results, it's hard to comment on its methods. But I can say that at least, from my own life experience, I don't find them accurate. I think the careers of Clover's users are just parts of their profiles. With the exception of a few jobs—ones that force you to travel 24/7, for example—I think your career has much less to do with your love choices than your personality and your upbringing.
Do you see your career on this chart? Do you agree with how they've categorized you? And do you think your job does affect what you seek in your love life?
